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Musical Instruments ➔ Bugle
Identifier:
1986.117.9Date:
1898 – 1902Dimensions:
26" h 4.5" w 4.5" dCurrent Location Status:
In StorageSource:
Gift Of Ryan, Richard M.Related Entities:
York Band Instrument Company (creator)Alternate names: J. W. York and Company, York & Son, York & Sons
The York Band Instrument Company was a musical instrument manufacturer in Grand Rapids, Michigan that manufactured a full line of brass instruments including trumpets, cornets, horns, trombones, helicons, baritone horns, sousaphones, and tubas. The company also imported and sold woodwinds and strings as stenciled instruments. Instruments made prior to 1940 are more prized, having been manufactured in the original Grand Rapids factory, however, instruments post-1940 may have been outsourced to other companies.
The York Band Instrument Company was founded in 1882 by James Warren York in Grand Rapids, Michigan. The company merged with Smith and York in 1883 and York and Holton in 1885 which eventually reformed to create J.W. York and Company. In 1887, the company name was changed to York & Son and a year later, the name was changed to York & Sons. These name changes were to accomodate Charles and Frank York, sons of J. W. York. The company was later renamed the York Band Instrument Company in 1926 and was sold to Carl Fisher in 1940 after a decline in product sales due to the Great Depression. The company went out of business in 1964 and the brand was sold to Tolchin Instruments in 1970. In 1971, the original Grand Rapids factory was closed and the brand was sold again in 1976 to Booksey & Hawkes. Richard Ryan (donor)